To brag or hector; also to tell an improbable story. To bully a man out of any thing. The kiddey bounced the swell of the blowen; the lad bullied the gentleman out of the girl.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Nearly another language, isn’t it?

An alehouse keeper.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Drape that ale!

A noisy bullying fellow.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

To cheat. Let us bilk the rattling cove; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare. Cant. Bilking a coachman, a box-keeper, and a poor whore, were formerly, among men of the town, thought gallant actions.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Gallant actions? Say what?